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Track Clearer.

No. 83,860. Patented Nov. 10, 1868.

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RICHARD A. KENDALL AND THOMAS KENDALL, OF MINERAL POINT, WISCONSIN.

Letters Patent No, 83,860, datcdNocember 10, 1868.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the lame.

To whom it may concern Be it known that we, RICHARD A. KENDALL and Tnoms KENDALL, of Mineral Point, in the county of Iowa, in the State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and improved Self-ActingRailroa-d-Tmck Cleaner; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of our invention consists inwa platformcar, containing a platform in two longitudinal sections F F, 'with hinges near each end, the sections dividing laterally in the centre of the 'car. A shovel or apron, A, is placed in front, and at right angles with the platform, and hinged beneath to the frame B of the car, in such a'manner as to permit the front portion of it to rest upon the track in front of the car. To the rear of the platform is attached a check-board, E, hinged by the edge to the frame of the car, and placed in a vertical position. To the shovel or apron A, are attached two upright levers G G, which levers are connected, by

iron rods D D, to the check-board E, for the purpose.

of securing a correspondinglmotion to the check-board and apron. When the check-board is thrown forward,

the apron A rests upon the track, and when thrown to the rear, the apron is elevated to a corresponding angle. Beneath eachsection of the platform, is constructed a wedge, working against rollers, and attached to iron rods L, extending to the rear of the car, for the purpose of elevating and lowering the sections of the plat form. v

To enable othe sskilled in the art to make and use our invention, we will proceed to describe its construction and operation. a

It consists of a strong, simple frame, constructed upon ordinary car-trucks, upon which is built a plat-- form in two longitudinal sections, marked F F, the

platform being lined with sheet metal or wood. A

shovel or apron, A, is placed. in front, and at right angleswith the platform, suspended on hinges, and constructed of metal or wood, made to elevate or lower, for lifting obstructions from the track; a check-board, E, placed vertically at the rear of the platform, and secured to the frame of the car by hinges. To the shovel'or apron A are attached upright levers G 0, con nected with rods D D to the check-board E, imparting a corresponding motion to thecheck-board and apron,

by Letters Patent, is-

A railroad-track clearer, composedof the shovel A, attached to the check-board E by levers O C and rods D D, in combination with the hinged and divided platform, operated by the rods L, substantially as described, as and for the purpose specified.

RICHARD A. KENDALL. THOMAS. KENDALL.

Witnesses Joni: B. Jms, Guns. HLM'. CURRY. 

